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The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Monday, on the eve of National Equal Pay Day, that it violates the Equal Pay Act to use pay history to justify wage gaps between male and female employees for the same or substantially similar work.
The Supreme Court of Virginia reversed a lower court decision in December 2017, finding that false reps and warranties leading into an acquisition is fraud.
In this video episode of Fashion Counsel, Anthony Lupo and Richard Brand discuss the issues and opportunities in naming rights and sponsorships.
On April 3, 2018, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approved, with a number of substantial modifications, the Illinois Power Agency’s (IPA) first “long term renewable resources procurement plan” under the Illinois Future Energy Jobs Act (Illinois Public Act 99-0906.
Arent Fox announced today that it advised Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits in its acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Bellacosa.
On March 21, 2018, South Dakota became the forty-ninth state to enact a data breach notification statute, which becomes effective July 1, 2018.
If a company facing a recall has managed it effectively, the hardest part is probably over. After writing about how companies can prepare for and manage an effective recall, we offer four strategies companies can use to restore order and maintain brand loyalty following a product recall.
New York’s highest court has rejected Lindsay Lohan’s invasion of privacy claims against the developer of the Grand Theft Auto video games.
Arent Fox Health Care Partner Linda Baumann discussed the potential compliance risks facing hospitals in connection with recalled medical devices for Bloomberg Law.
Arent Fox Health Care Partner Linda Baumann discussed the potential compliance risks facing hospitals in connection with recalled medical devices  for Bloomberg Law in an article titled, “Gaps in Hospital Recalled Device Reporting a ‘Wake-Up Call.’”
This Special Report is written by Helen Ji, Schiff Hardin LLP associate, Rekha Hanu, executive director and chief IP counsel at Akorn Pharmaceuticals, and Christine Simmon, SVP for policy and strategic alliances at the Association for Accessible Medicines.
Health plans and administrators subject to the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act have been warned: failure to comply with ERISA’s procedural requirements may strip them of the deference their benefit determinations enjoy.
Land Use Partner Tim Tosta was recently quoted in an article by The Wall Street Journal discussing the recent shooting at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, California.
Land Use Partner Tim Tosta was recently quoted in an article by The Wall Street Journal discussing the recent shooting at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, California.
In the last 60 days, Schiff Hardin advised on the initial public offerings (IPO) for two companies and a public offering for another company, two in pharmaceuticals and one in the tech sector.
Got blockchain? For many, the answer to this question is “no” but the technology and the medium of exchange built on it have arrived and many platforms and industries are looking to see how it can help facilitate transactions and allow for more efficiencies.
In a striking victory for media companies and the First Amendment, a California appeals court recently threw out two-time Academy Award winner Olivia de Havilland’s lawsuit against FX, which alleged that the docudrama Feud harmed her reputation and profited off her name without compensating her.
On March 22, 2018, President Trump signed a memorandum directing the US Trade Representative (USTR) to publish a proposed list of approximately 1,300 products of Chinese origin that would be subject to an additional 25 percent ad valorem tariff, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) requires businesses that collect biometric data (fingerprints, facial scans, etc.) to provide certain disclosures to the people from whom they collect the data, to obtain their consent to collect the data, and to publish a policy explaining what
“Standing” – a person’s right to sue someone else for injury – is a fundamental issue in every case. In 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Spokeo v. Robins, which required that a person’s injury be both “concrete” and “particularized” to confer standing.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a final notice in the Federal Register on March 23, 2018, to amend and update for the first time since its original release in 1991 the Medicaid National Drug Rebate Agreement.
On April 2, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Hector Navarro, finding that Service Advisors at auto dealerships are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime pay requirement.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final notice in the Federal Register on March 23, 2018, to amend and update for the first time since its original release in 1991 the Medicaid National Drug Rebate Agreement (NDRA).